Posted on 04/20/2021 7:25:04 AM PDT by Starman417
Of late there have been a number of shooting deaths all of which are tragic but the ones that could easily have been prevented are particularly sad. The two that stand out are the deaths of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo.
Daunte Wright was shot when Officer Kim Potter drew the wrong weapon. She meant to tase Daunte Wright but wound up shooting and killing him. The media portrayed him this way
Wright's mother described her son
The mother described her son as "an amazing, loving kid" who "had a big heart," "bright" smile and "loved basketball."She wondered what happened:"He had a 2-year-old son that's not going to be able to play basketball with him. He had sisters and brothers that he loved so much," Katie Wright said. "He just had his whole life taken away from him. We had our hearts pulled out of our chests. He was my baby."
She said she's unsure why the situation escalated.That question can be answered."I know my son was scared. He's afraid of the police, and I just seen and heard the fear in his voice," she added. "But I don't know why and it should have never escalated the way it did."
Wright, the 20-year-old black man who was shot by in an apparent accidental discharge, had previously been charged with first-degree aggravated robbery, fleeing from police, and possession of a handgun without a permit. Wright also had a warrant for his arrest out at the time of his fatal shooting after failing to appear in court for the fleeing and weapons charges.Had he been taken into custody, he was going to jail but he would be alive. He was not pulled over for an air freshener. He was pulled over for an expired registration.
This is the side of Daunte Wright the media didn't want you to see.
The other truly tragic death was that of Adam Toledo. Once again, this is the side of Toledo the media portrayed.
Marco Toledo Jr., Adam's eldest brother, remembered the seventh-grader as the "most loving and caring little kid" he knew. In an email to ABC News, Marco Toledo, 22, said one of his favorite memories of his brother was that when he got his first car, Adam and Anthony would always want to help wash it. Adam Toledo loved movie nights at home -- some of his favorites were "I Am Legend" and "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," Marco Toledo said. The teen also was a fan of zombie movies.ABC deceptively edited a video to make it appear that Toledo was never armed.
But a fuller explanation showed that Toledo did indeed have a weapon in his hand just prior to being shot
Just as the officer closed in on Toledo after chasing him, Toledo threw down the gun and threw his hands into the air. The officer discharged his weapon. The two events were separated by eight tenths of a second.
The video, according to police, shows a gun in Toledo's right hand as he nears an open area of fence next to an empty lot. Toledo turns to his left, toward the officer, and what police say is the gun disappears behind his right side. Toledo begins to raise his hands as he's facing the officer when the officer fires his weapon.The weapon was found behind the fence. The magazine had been emptied.From the time police said the gun was first visible on body-worn camera footage in Toledo's hand, to the time the officer fired his weapon, was eight tenths of a second. In that period of time, his right arm disappears behind the fence before he begins to raise both hands.
The officers were responding to shots fired.
As I said, these are tragic deaths but in the end I put the responsibility where it belongs.
With the parents.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
The normal family has three parents: father, mother and the internet.
Expecting competent parenting is racist. It’s a “white” thing and most black people don’t see the point.
I heard someone on TV, I think he was from the Chicago police department, and asked the rhetorical question, why the heck is nobody blaming the Latin Kings for any kind of juvenile delinquency, in recruiting a 13 year old as a gang banger in training?
Indeed, what the heck is a 13 year old boy doing, running in the streets with the Latin Kings, in the middle of the night? But we aren’t allowed to talk about that. Instead, the media feeds us these innocent child pictures. There is no context at all presented about the fact that this boy was a suspect at a crime scene.
I know it’s something of a cliche, but it’s true, that there would be a lot less crap for police to deal with in the streets, if parents were doing their jobs as parents.
Being a family with parents and siblings is racist Abortion is the solution.
so Sayeth BLM global network. the nuclear family it racist.
And we’ll see better parenting when we see better birth control.
You are not going to see better parenting until a certain demographic stops having 70%+ of its births out of wedlock.
In other words, ain’t gonna happen.
Good analysis.
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Good parenting and school choice will do wonders, but both remain elusive.
It is a class thing.
Most of my guys under the age of 35 are not married. Many have children.
The loss of benefits to their family if they get married is so high they choose not to. Which leads to serial families with various partners.
Getting married is viewed as something you do if you are upper middle class, or older than 40.
And I see the same social issues bubbling up as we move into the second and third generation with no fathers.
Want to improve parenting? Remove incentives for single mothers. Increase wages so a two parent household doesn’t mean the kids are raised in daycare. Penalize bastards so there is a disincentive.
None of which will happen till a collapse of society
Who are “my guys” you are referring to? Do you work with young men somewhere, or in your family, or who exactly are you talking about?
Or provide tax credits for a stay at home married parent. And, tax credits for school choice/let the money follow the child.
I’ve been saying it for ages.
We don’t need gun control; we need kid control.
Parents need to get their kids off the pedestals and raise them properly. Love your children. Don’t worship them.
My crew.
Sorry. WORKING crew.
Later.
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